1 Chronicles 7:13

1 Chronicles 7:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
• New International Version (NIV)The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem—the descendants of Bilhah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shallum, the descendants of Bilhah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

Context of 1 Chronicles 7:13

11Each of them was the leader of an ancestral clan. From these clans the total number of mighty warriors ready for war was 17,200. 12The sons of Ir were Shuppim and Huppim. Hushim was the son of Aher. The sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. They were all descendants of Jacob’s concubine Bilhah. 14The descendants of Manasseh through his Aramean concubine included Asriel. She also bore Makir, the father of Gilead. 15Makir found wives for Huppim and Shuppim. Makir had a sister named Maacah. One of his descendants was Zelophehad, who had only daughters.

1 Chronicles 7:13 word by word

בְּנֵ֣י נַפְתָּלִ֗י יַחֲצִיאֵ֧ל וְגוּנִ֛י וְיֵ֥צֶר וְשַׁלּ֖וּם בְּנֵ֥י בִלְהָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Naphtaliנַפְתָּלִיnaphtâlîy · NaphtaliH5321
• Jahzielיַחְצִיאֵלyachtsîy'êl · JahzielH3185
• and Guniגּוּנִיgûnîy · GuniH1476
• and Jezerיֵ֫צֶרyêtser · JezerH3337
• and Shallumשַׁלּוּםshallûm shallûm · ShallumH7967
• the sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Bilhahבִּלְהָהbilhâh · BilhahH1090

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 7:13

• Genesis 46:24The sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
• Numbers 26:48These were the clans descended from the sons of Naphtali: The Jahzeelite clan, named after their ancestor Jahzeel. The Gunite clan, named after their ancestor Guni.
• Numbers 26:49The Jezerite clan, named after their ancestor Jezer. The Shillemite clan, named after their ancestor Shillem.
• Genesis 30:3Then Rachel told him, “Take my maid, Bilhah, and sleep with her. She will bear children for me, and through her I can have a family, too.”
• Genesis 35:22While he was living there, Reuben had intercourse with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Jacob soon heard about it. These are the names of the twelve sons of Jacob:
• Genesis 46:25These were the sons of Bilhah, the servant given to Rachel by her father, Laban. The number of Jacob’s descendants through Bilhah was seven.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 7:13

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Unlike other genealogies, this list of Naphtali's sons shows only the first generation (see Genesis 46:24; Numbers 26:48–50). The Chronicles manuscript might have been damaged early in its copying, which could explain why Dan and Zebulun are missing. It is also possible that records for Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali were lost when Tiglath-pileser attacked and exiled these tribes during Pekah’s reign (2 Kings 15:29). In that case, the Chronicler had no…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Shallum--or Shillem (Ge 46:24). sons of Bilhah--As Dan and Naphtali were her sons, Hushim, as well as these enumerated in 1Ch 7:13, were her grandsons. 1Ch 7:14-40. Of Manasseh.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 7:13

• Guni
• Jahzeel
• Jahziel
• Jezer
• Naphtali
• Shillem

In the dictionaries

• Bilhah
• Naphtali
• Shallum
• Bilhah (1)
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Guni; Gunites
• Jahzeel and Jahziel
• Jezer
• Shallum (1)

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary